Daily Link Dump 8/28/08 - Ghostride2.0

Did you check the pockets of the pants you wore last night?

That’s where I usually find stuff I misplaced. Perhaps that’s what happened at Wellesley College, where they seem to have misplaced a painting worth millions of dolllars.

Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 28, 2008 11:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The pants that Wellesley wore last night are usually found at MIT.

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The chimes in the belltower are often tintinnabulous, Doctor James Quahog

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's the sound of a joke going over my head.

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

QotM

Overqualified to be an A's fan.

by andeux on Aug 28, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ah Wellesley girls

those were the days.

by oakinboston on Aug 28, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

why am I suddenly reminded of

Louis’s friends singing that song to the girls in the club in “Trading Places”?

I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico

by Leopold Bloom on Aug 28, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Aug 28, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Muffy by the garden gate...

I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico

by Leopold Bloom on Aug 28, 2008 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Constance would fulfill your needs

winter

spring

or fall

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Aug 28, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

God Bless America...or else!

Wherein a fan attempts to use the bathroom at Yankee Stadium during the singing of God Bless America, only to be grabbed by security, arm twisted behind back, and be ejected from the park.

I attempted to get up to use the restroom, rather urgently, during the 7th inning stretch as God Bless America was beginning. As I attempted to walk down the aisle and exit my section into the tunnel, I was stopped by a police officer. He informed me that I had to wait until the song was over. I responded that I had to use the restroom and that I did not care about God Bless America.

As soon as the latter came out of my mouth, my right arm was twisted violenty behind my back and I was informed that I was being escorted out of the stadium. A second officer then joined in and twisted my left arm, also in an excessively forceful manner, behind my back…

One of them said something to the effect that if I continued to speak, he would find a way to hurt me more.

When we reached the exit of the stadium, they confiscated my ticket and the first officer shoved me through the turnstiles, saying “Get the hell out of my country if you don’t like it…”

Furthermore, when the two officers returned to their section, Steve who was still in the stadium overhead one of the officers say “We got to watch ourselves. One day we’re really gonna get in trouble.”

Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 28, 2008 11:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

{snerk}

“excessive movement”

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I bet there's more to it than that.

Guy’s a Red Sox fan and got roughed up in Yankee Stadium? The hell.

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2008 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow, did he pee on the officers as they escorted him out?

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Aug 28, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can you say laaaaawsuiiiiit.

And with great reason. I hope he owns those cops to the extent that he’s forcing them to wash every floor in his house with a toothbrush for the next 50 years.

I never, ever stand for God Bless America because it’s a song that alienates a significant portion of the population while promoting very specific religious beliefs. It goes against the very nature of what this country stands for, and it’s disgusting that any public venue would play the song. I actually change the channel any time they show that song being played at a baseball game on TV. I do, however, stand whenever the Star-Spangled Banner is played, so it’s not a matter of patriotism. I wish they’d find a song that wasn’t religious in nature if they want to honor those who died in 9/11.

Either way, there’s no law saying you have to stand at attention for any song, and these cops were way, way out of line. I don’t care if this was in New York. They give law enforcement everywhere a terrible name.

by thejd44 on Aug 28, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1 though less vehemently

If they’re looking for a song, they should stick with america the beautiful. it’s a crap song too, but it doesn’t shower you with a religious tones that come across as arrogant and self serving.

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by DMOAS on Aug 28, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll only stand for "Take Me Out To The Ballgame"

by green star oakland on Aug 28, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll only stand for "Stand"

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2008 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

do you then face north?

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Aug 29, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

only in the place where I live

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 29, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sly or REM?

Overqualified to be an A's fan.

by andeux on Aug 29, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

either

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 29, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

except that 45 years ago, cops like those were busting heads of black people registering to vote. That’s progress I suppose.

by MobiusKlein on Aug 28, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, we're now discriminating against thoughts instead of skin

Boy, that makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Aug 28, 2008 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

SMACKS PaulThomas upside the head and drags him out of AN

Warm & fuzzy thoughts are not allowed in here as they are deem unpatriotic.

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by DMOAS on Aug 29, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Things got really bad after 9/11

At sporting events I used to regularly refuse to stand during the National Anthem and while I got some negative comments, most people would just leave me alone.

After 9/11 I almost got into several fights with mobs (10+ people) of angry people who were essentially treating me like a 9/11 hijacker for not standing during the anthem. Forget about discussing the 1st amendment with most Americans, cuz they don’t care or don’t know what it says. It got dangerous and old really quick (mind you I was sometimes with my 7 yr old daughter or my wife) so in order to avoid an inevitable fight I try to time my arrival to my seats right after the anthem, or begrudgingly stand up.

I’ve also had ushers try to tell me I can’t use the bathroom during the anthem and I’ve just ignored them. But this brand of “patriotism” really sucks.

"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren

by oaktownmario on Aug 29, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm with Sam Johnson on this one

“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”

by green star oakland on Aug 29, 2008 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oscar Wilde:

“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.”

"It's not my fault your team's so shitty" - every AL Manager to Bob Geren

by oaktownmario on Aug 29, 2008 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I tried to use the bathroom once while singing the anthem

It didn’t go well.

"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL

by oblique on Aug 29, 2008 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Oh say can you pee..."

Overqualified to be an A's fan.

by andeux on Aug 29, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

god bless my underwear

link

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Aug 29, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

even worse

I went to a Sharks game once with some europeans. They actually turned around to “denounce” the imperialist US during the national anthem.

Ah well, I was more worried about seeing if anyone in the audience noticed, as I didn’t want to be a fellow “getting-my-ass-kicked-for-being-unpatriotic” victim, as we were all sharing the same car ride back. I guess I could have walked…

by rollierollieOxenfree on Aug 31, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I swear, this is (sorta-kinda) sports-related!

I had no idea that ESPN’s Seth Davis’s father is Lanny.

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2008 11:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

AN Fantasy Football

I haven’t had a steady internet connection (we’re in the process of moving), and saw that we need more teams. We need 1, 3 or 5 more teams. Here’s the info, and the draft is on Monday at 2 p.m. pacific time.

League ID#: 330214
League Name: Athletics Nation 2008
Password: ziggy
Custom League URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/athleticsnation
Draft Type: Live Draft
Draft Time: Mon Sep 1 2:00pm PDT
Max Teams: 10
Scoring Type: Head-to-Head

If someone else wants to take over as commissioner, please let me know. I just wanted to start up the league, but I’m not gonna have much time when the semester gets going.

by JLaff on Aug 28, 2008 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The Yahoo thing is pretty self-regulating, JLaff.

I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico

by Leopold Bloom on Aug 28, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

agreed

I hardly do squat with my leagues….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Aug 28, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Get ArakSOT on the line

Vodka spill on 101

Caltrans crews are soaking up the vodka with absorbent.

Yeah, their tongues.

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2008 12:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey, that's close to where I live

Goodbye, liver.

"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08

by doctorK on Aug 28, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

< cries over spilt vodka >

oh, the humanity!

"The Athletics at Fremont" is quite bad

by ArakSOT on Aug 28, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Was that why I was craving orange juice last night?

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Aug 28, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, they should just let it evaporate

After all, it’s hot enough today down here.

"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08

by doctorK on Aug 28, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it'll evaporate

the azeotrope of 40% ethanol (vodka) will evaporate in less than an hour at room temperature.

- chemist, and victim of several “party fouls”

by rollierollieOxenfree on Aug 31, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That amphibian died for your sins!

The frog, eyes popping and tongue sticking out, wears a loincloth and holds a mug of beer and an egg in its hands.

Uh…get ArakSOT on the line?

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2008 12:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I have a question.

What does it mean to be contingent? As in, “all god societies are contingent on our relationship to our natural environment”?

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 28, 2008 12:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

*good societies :]

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 28, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

See #4 in the link below

linky

"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08

by doctorK on Aug 28, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I understand now.

Thank you :]

Stuck on Buck :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 28, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I prefer this definition

What the Wizard did to the metal woodsman by giving him a symbolic clockwork heart

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, that was a rip-off, huh?

Effing Oz…always trying to put one over on us poor working stiffs…

I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico

by Leopold Bloom on Aug 28, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sweeneys #1 and #2 on the verge of returning...

(link)

Outfielder Ryan Sweeney (thumb) was 0-for-3 with two walks in a rookie-ball game in Arizona on Wednesday, his first game since going on the DL on Aug. 13. …DH Mike Sweeney (knees) was 0-for-3 at Triple-A Sacramento. …There is a chance both Sweeneys could join the A’s on Tuesday in Kansas City.

Somewhat tangentially related: on the A’s broadcast last night, Fosse and Kuip were talking about why our pairs of similarly named players (Gonzalez and Sweeney and Brown x2) don’t have the initial of their first name on the back of their uniform — except I missed the explanation, and only heard, “…and that’s why there’s no C on Gonzalez’s jersey” or whatever it was they said. Did anybody else catch the answer?

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 28, 2008 1:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe because they are different people?

That usually helps me. If he is slow and old, its an M Sweeney. Young and spry, its an R. As a casual fan, this is very useful to me. Also, it helps they have different numbers.

Why they need names on their jerseys I dont know. Maybe its a laundry issue.

by mikedaviswhereareyou on Aug 28, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, it's not like I have trouble telling them apart,

although Emil and Andrew do look an awful lot alike…

But some teams have the first initial on the jerseys when they have players with the same last name. Maybe the A’s just trust their fans to know the difference…

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 28, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

AH!

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Aug 28, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He must be speeding up his rehab so he can make it to KC, just for you.

Isn’t that sweet?

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 28, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Now I have a song from "Oklahoma" in my head...

“I got to Kansas City on a Fri-dee, by Satur-dee I larned a thing or two. Cuz up to then I didn’t have an i-dee, of what the modern world was coming to. Everything’s up to date in Kansas City, they’ve gone about as fur as they can go.” ….. I don’t remember any more of the words. Something about a the-ay-ter?

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 28, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

something about a skyscraper five stories tall?

Everytime we play in KC there are a million “Everything’s Up To Date in Kansas City” jokes on AN…

Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.

by salb918 on Aug 28, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have no clue WTF you are talking about.

:)

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Aug 28, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Somebody needs to catch up on her Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals...

that’s your homework for the weekend. “Oklahoma” gets kind of long, though… the dream sequence in the middle is pretty boring. But it’s a classic.

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 28, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And Travis might join him!

My boys! They are so sweet. I might bake them some cookies.

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Aug 28, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Careful

Buck might break a tooth and miss half of next season.

Overqualified to be an A's fan.

by andeux on Aug 28, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

....slip some of my muscle relaxers and Vicodin in the batter...

maybe ontobe21likehuston will help me carry the bodies off the field and stuff them my trunk.

Mark Ellis: sent down from Heaven to rob Evil of hits and hand out rainbows

by Jennifer on Aug 28, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I made cookies yesterday -- I knew I was missing something.

They would’ve tasted so much better with a bit of Vicodin mixed in.

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 28, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Everything tastes better with vicodin.

(I think that’s part of their ad campaign…)

I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico

by Leopold Bloom on Aug 28, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sioux City is

bizarrely over-excited.

by green star oakland on Aug 28, 2008 2:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

{Waits for The Dogfather to cancel his Sioux City Journal subscription}

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

at first I thought that said "over-exited" ...

… and I wondered why anyone would question the wisdom of hordes of people fleeing Sioux City.

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They still haven't changed their airport code

In fact, they’re marketing it as a community asset.

Get your Fly SUX swag here.

by Soaker on Aug 28, 2008 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd rather drive

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There's been an Olive Garden in Sioux City for a while now.... the article must be old.

I’ve been there, and, yes, it does look just like every other Olive Garden in existence. But it’s a bit easier to access than the one in Sioux Falls — and, hey, when you’re in that part of the country, you take what you can get.

I always liked flying SUX-MSP-SFO. Last time I was there, I almost bought one of those tshirts…

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 28, 2008 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How do these old articles resurface?

The date is 12/10/2006, per the URL and the first few comments. (Still…Sioux City was excited about the Olive Garden in 2006?)

And as much as I detest chain restaurants, sometimes it’s a choice between recognizable name brands out by the interstate and the Wal-Mart, or seedy-looking greasy spoons in the few non-abandoned storefronts on Main Street.

by Soaker on Aug 28, 2008 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Possible bad news

The Angels are looking for a backup shortstop, and Tim Dierkes thinks Marco Scutaro is their best option. Sweet Jesus, it would suck if he went to LAAOA. I wouldn’t burn my Scutaro shirt, but I’m not sure if I could wear it.

"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt

by Philip Christy on Aug 28, 2008 2:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How about the A's give them Bobby Crosby for free instead?

by thejd44 on Aug 28, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hell, the A's should in a couple mil.

"All your baserunner are belong to Greg Smith" ~ walk off bunt

by Philip Christy on Aug 28, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How is Brandon Wood not their next best option???

Christ, speaking of lawsuits. The guy could probably sue them for false imprisonment at this point.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Aug 28, 2008 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

sun times editor on jay mariotti:

“We wish Jay well and will miss him — not personally, of course — but in the sense of noticing he is no longer here, at least for a few days,” Cooke said.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 28, 2008 3:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

another good line:

’’I’m a competitor, and I get the sense this marketplace doesn’t compete,’’ said Mariotti, who will remain a regular contestant on an ESPN game show.

from bbtf:

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 28, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"I'm going to take a camera crew and march into Billy Beane's office and demand to know why instituting his newfangled cost-saving measures means that the run manufacturing plant had to get shut down." FJM

by Elvez on Aug 28, 2008 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eh. Nevermind.

Delete the above post if possible. Sorry for the spam.

"I'm going to take a camera crew and march into Billy Beane's office and demand to know why instituting his newfangled cost-saving measures means that the run manufacturing plant had to get shut down." FJM

by Elvez on Aug 28, 2008 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The best line from the comments in that story at the Sun-Times site

*

Snoopy Dance!

*

I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball

by JediLeroy on Aug 28, 2008 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The best parta bout that quote

He’s a competitor, yet he’s leaving the paper because he thinks newspapers are dying. So, he competes, but not enough to want to fight against the death of the industry. Tremendous.

by thejd44 on Aug 29, 2008 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If he was so detested by his own paper, why did they continue to employ him?

by calgbear on Aug 28, 2008 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Because controversy sells papers

Well, nothing sells papers anymore. But if anything does, it’s controversy.

And he’s a fantastic writer who also happens to be one of the biggest assholes to ever walk the earth.

by thejd44 on Aug 29, 2008 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Because he isn't hired by

the other writers, or even the editors. He is hated by his colleagues. His colleagues aren’t management.

ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524

by rfloh on Aug 29, 2008 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

even better

Roger Ebert’s open letter to Mariotti circulating at the S-T.

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2008 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jay Mariotti

is on Around the Horn live from his mother’s apartment, apparently.

by Kimberly on Aug 28, 2008 3:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

~~apartment~~ basement.

by green star oakland on Aug 28, 2008 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Opps, that's what I meant.

I’m all drugged up.

by Kimberly on Aug 28, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So you're in Jennifer's basement ?

by green star oakland on Aug 28, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 28, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by green star oakland on Aug 28, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Ouch!

Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 28, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

sporting news fraley

I hate when some sport writer who knows nothing about the A’s write about them. He basicly says the A’s will be crappy for the next 3 years. Of course I had to write my comments about how he knows nothing about the A’s.

by Arcman on Aug 28, 2008 3:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

well then thanks for not providing a link.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 28, 2008 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

sportingnews.com/baseball

Thats the link

by Arcman on Aug 28, 2008 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here is the real link

Mr Fraley

by theblackpearl on Aug 28, 2008 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

someone should tell Gerry Fraley that Sioux City's about to get an Olive Garden

At the All-Star break, Oakland was 51-44 and six games behind the Los Angeles Angels in the American League West. Since then, Beane’s trades for the future—starting pitchers Joe Blanton, Rich Harden and Danny Haren, and outfielders Mark Kotsay and Nick Swisher, were dealt for a boatload of prospects—have caught up to the current A’s with a vengeance.

Yes, Fraley, you frakkin’ moron, you have (implausible) deniability built into the overwhelming piece of bullshit that is that sentence, in that nowhere in it do you explicitly claim that all those trades happened since the ASB. But you clearly designed the sentence (and the whole bullshit column) to imply it.

There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 28, 2008 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

failDLD.gif

1) not a link to the article
2) not a link out of AN at all

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 28, 2008 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gerry Fraley is a well-documented moron

http://www.firejoemorgan.com/search/label/gerry%20fraley

by thejd44 on Aug 29, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Barry's a fashion model...

"I'm going to take a camera crew and march into Billy Beane's office and demand to know why instituting his newfangled cost-saving measures means that the run manufacturing plant had to get shut down." FJM

by Elvez on Aug 28, 2008 4:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Why bother with the jacket over the pitching arm

it’s busted anyway

Green Hulk Fists

by oaklandSMASH on Aug 29, 2008 2:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Woof!

Brought to you by the letter A's!

by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on Aug 29, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And he's got $120m in the bank. Some people get all the luck.

by OldhamA on Aug 29, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Woof!

Brought to you by the letter A's!

by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on Aug 29, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

this is why the oakland attendance is down

Oakland used to have not just 3 good pitchers , but 3 “hotties” (according to my girlfriend). It attracted quite a bit of the female fanbase. Now… um, have you seen Gallagher, or worse – Ziegler?

oh crap, I just realized that could be construed as a CGV (#1), as Ziggy actually has an AN acct! If that’s the case, Brad, sorry about that….

by rollierollieOxenfree on Aug 31, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

carlos goes back down

Good for me because I will be at the rivercats game on saturday. Sweeny is back

by Arcman on Aug 28, 2008 5:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i had such high hopes for him...but we get rsweeney back

by inbillywetrust on Aug 28, 2008 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pam, it's 16 hours ahead here in Japan.

If I replied in yesterday’s game thread, I’m not sure you’d see it.

I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball

by JediLeroy on Aug 28, 2008 7:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Who's been playing good D this year?

http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/dialed_in/discussion/al_defensive_stats_through_august_7/

The A’s, that’s who. Ellis and Barton, among others.

by MrIncognito on Aug 28, 2008 8:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

No real surprise there

I keep trying to explain how much better Mark Ellis is than everyone else anywhere on defense.

The only player who matches him in those rankings is Carlos Gomez, and if you think Ellis’s offense this season has been crappy, boy, he looks like frigging Ruth by comparison to Gomez.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Aug 28, 2008 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ellis' offense has been crappy in 2008

And Gomez needed to spend 2008 in AAA.

Not that anyone listens to me no matter how many times I’m right about these things.

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Aug 29, 2008 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think Gomez will ever hit, so sticking him in AAA this year probably wouldn't have mattered

As for 2B, I’m pretty sure Alexei Ramirez would be up there near Ellis if he had been a regular 2B all season. I don’t know if he’s better, but he’s really, really good from what I’ve seen of his defense.

by thejd44 on Aug 29, 2008 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

On a second look at these numbers, and skimming the methodology

I don’t like something about this. It seems really strange that almost every position has one guy who is twice as good as anybody else. For one player to be HALF A WIN better than any other player at that position, and for it to happen in multiple instances, just seems unlikely.

Plus, it’s weird that Orlando Cabrera, for his career an overrated defender (who is, generally, average at best) is having a career year with the glove at his age. And just from watching, he has very little range even if he’s calling official scorers to yell at them about giving him errors.

by thejd44 on Aug 29, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs